Magic in unfamiliar role among NBA’s elite teams
Monday, December 29th, 2008 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »The Orlando Magic are way ahead of last season's curve when they finished 52-30. They have tied the best 29-game starts in franchise history, recorded by Shaq's teams in the 1994-95 and 1995-96 seasons. Only three teams in the league have ...
Saturdays National Basketball Association Capsules
Sunday, December 28th, 2008 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »PORTLAND 102, TORONTO 89 Brandon Roy scored 18 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter as the Portland Trail Blazers posted a 102-89 victory over the Toronto Raptors. LaMarcus Aldridge added 21 points and Greg Oden had 16 and 10 rebounds ...
Thunder-Wizards combine to make worst matchup ever
Sunday, December 28th, 2008 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »NBA history was made on Saturday night, but not the kind the Oklahoma City Thunder and Washington Wizards wanted. The Thunder entered with an NBA-worst 3-27 record, with the Wizards at 4-23. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, there had never ...
Hamilton misses game with groin injury
Sunday, December 28th, 2008 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »Detroit Pistons guard Richard Hamilton missed the team's game with the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday night because of a groin injury. The Pistons said Hamilton aggravated the injury in Detroit's 90-88 victory over Oklahoma City on Friday night. He was inactive ...
Howard will try to defend dunk crown
Friday, December 26th, 2008 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard will try to defend his Slam Dunk championship at the NBA All-Star weekend in Phoenix in February. In New Orleans last season, Howard edged defending champion Gerald Green for the title in one of the most ...
Lengthy run not No. 1 for champs
Friday, December 26th, 2008 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »Perhaps the greatest measure of a winning streak is whether itgets remembered by the players involved. It's now fashionable - probably even required by some team-widedictum - for the Celtics to claim they don't even know how manygames in a row ...
Thursdays National Basketball Association Capsules
Friday, December 26th, 2008 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »LA LAKERS 92, BOSTON 83 Pau Gasol did what he couldnt last June for the Los Angeles Lakers - make the difference against the Boston Celtics. Gasol took over late on both ends of the floor as the Lakers ended the Celtics ...
Millsap questionable for Friday
Friday, December 26th, 2008 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »Jazz forward Paul Millsap is listed as questionable for Friday's game against Dallas because of a hyperextended left knee. Millsap was having an MRI on Wednesday, but the Jazz said results weren't expected until Friday. Millsap hurt his knee late in the ...
Heat’s Dwyane Wade helps family displaced by fire
Friday, December 26th, 2008 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »When Dwyane Wade heard the plight of a South Florida woman whose nephew accidentally burned down her home - and ruined all the family's possessions - the Miami Heat star knew he had to do something. So he helped the family ...
Asian Tour hits out at rival plans
Friday, December 26th, 2008 Posted in Golf news | No Comments »The Asian Tour has condemned the rival OneAsia golf tour of attempting to invade the continent, issuing a strongly worded statement Wednesday in response to fresh speculation about the organizational future of the sport in the region. The Asian Tour's statement ...
